Avant Garde - Cubism, Constructivism, Dadaism Flashcards
What is Avant Garde?
People or works that are experimental, radical or unorthodox, with respect to art, culture and society.
What are the characteristics of Avant Garde?
Nontraditional, aesthetic innovation and initial unacceptability.
What does it mean being Avant Garde?
It means exploring new artistic methods in order to produce better art.
What are the Avant Garde Movements?
- Abstract Expressionism
- Constructivism
- Cubism
- Dadaism
- De Stijl
- Expressionism
- Fauvism
- Futurism
- Impressionism
- Minimal Art
- Conceptual Art
- Pop Art
- Surrealism
- Symbolism
Who created Cubism? 1905 - 1908
Pablo Picasso and George Braque
What did Pablo Picasso and George Braque want to emphasise?
The two-dimensionality of the canvas.
What movement within the Avant Garde was considered the most intellectual one?
Cubism
What is Analytic Cubism?
- Simplified and abstracted nature.
- Not abstract art.
- Examined the subject and translated it into flat geometric shapes, angles and lines.
What is Synthetic Cubism?
- Simple shapes and bright colours
- Wide variety of unrelated materials
- Simpler lines and shapes
Who made this and what kind of Cubism is it?
Georges Braque - Mandora
Analytical Cubism
Who made this and what kind of Cubism is it?
Pablo Picasso - Girl with mandolin
Analytical Cubism
Who made this and what kind of Cubism is it?
Pablo Picasso
Synthetic Cubism
What is Constructivism?
An artistic and architectural movement in Russia from 1914 onward.
What did Constructivism dismiss?
It dismissed “Pure” art in favour of art used as an instrument for social purposes, namely, the construction of the socialist system.
Who made these pieces of Constructivist art?
Alexander Rodchenko
Who made these pieces of Constructivist art?
El Lissitzky
Where did the artistic, literary movement “Dadaism” begin?
Switzerland
What was Dadaism a reaction to?
It arose as a reaction to WWI and the nationalism that many thought had led to the war.
What other Avant Garde movements influenced Dadaism?
Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, and Expressionism
What was the output of Dadaism?
It’s output was wildly diverse, ranging from performance art to poetry, photography, sculpture, painting, and collage.
[Key Idea] What was the focus of artists in the Dada movement?
Not creating aesthetically pleasing objects, but making work that generated difficult questions about society, the rold of the artist, and the purpose of art.
Why did Dada artists use readymade objects with little manipulation?
To force questions about artistic creativity, the very definition of art and its purpose in society
Dada was not art, what was it?
It was anti-art; Dada sought to fight art with art.
Dada
Designer: Tristan Tzara
Helmut Herzfeld (1891 -1968),
John Heartfield
Merz was published and designed by Kurt Schwitters
Marcel Duchamp,
Fountain 1917
Marcel Duchamp,
L.H.O.O.Q, 1919
Raoul Hausmann - Mechanical Head
Raoul Hausmann - ABCD (Self-Portrait)
A Photomontage from 1923-24
